Chapter on the Prayer of the Eclipse

Ahmad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Ali ibn Abi Hamzah from Abu Basir who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام about the eclipse prayer. Imam عليه السلام said: “Ten rak‘ahs and four prostrations. In each rak‘ah you recite like Surah ‘Yasin’ and Surah ‘al-Nur’, and your bowing (rukuh) should be like your recitation, and your prostration (sujud) like your bowing.” I asked: “What about someone, who does not know Surah ‘Yasin’ and similar (surahs)?” Imam عليه السلام said: “Then let him recite sixty verses in each rak‘ah. When he raises his head from bowing, he should not recite Surah ‘al-Fatiha’.” Imam عليه السلام said: “If he forgets it or was asleep, then let him make it up (qadah).”